6.1 Nervous System Vocabulary

Carries impulses AWAY from the cell body

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Nerve
• Response

Carries impulses TOWARD the cell body

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Stimulus
• Interneuron

A cell that carries information through the nervous system

• Axon
• Dendrite
• Synapse
• Neuron

A bundle of nerve fibers

• Axon
• Synapse
• Interneuron
• Nerve

The message that the nerve cell carries

• Nerve Impulse
• Stimulus
• Response
• Sensory Neuron

The junction where one neuron can transfer an impulse to another structure

• Synapse
• Motor Neuron
• Dendrite
• Axon

Picks up stimuli and converts it into a nerve impulse

• Sensory Neuron
• Motor Neuron
• Interneuron
• Response

Sends an impulse to a muscle or gland to react in response

• Sensory Neuron
• Motor Neuron
• Interneuron
• Nerve impulse

Carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another

• Sensory Neuron
• Motor Neuron
• Interneuron
• Brain

A signal or change in the environment that makes a person react (the buzzing of a bee)

• Nerve Impulse
• Stimulus
• Synapse
• Response